Kylie

In 1987, we saw the birth of Pop Princess Kylie Minogue with the first his single I Should Be So Lucky with her girl next door image and a couple of months later, she released her debut Kylie. Most of it foucses on Freestyle and bubble gum pop. Im gonna break it down and rate the songs:I Should Be So Lucky: One of her signiture songs and most popular songs from her debut with her cutesy lyrics. 10/10Locomotion: her biggest charting US single until 2001's Can't Get You OUt Of My Head and I prefer the 7" mix.9/10Je Ne Sai: french for I Don't Why, good song. 9/10It's No Secret: one of her less popular songs but in my opinion I really love this song regardless. 9/10Got To Be Certain: very cute song and catchy upbeat and too silly with the handclaps. 10/10Turn It Into Love: a Rick Astley type of song which is a Freestyle hit song in 1989. 10/10I Miss You: too bubblegum for me. 8/10I'll Still Be Loving You: a mid tempo song which was the B Side to the 1987 version of Locomotion. 8/10Look My Way: this song samples Rock Steady by the Whispers, ironically she uses the sample on the 50+1 as the intro of the song. 10/10Love at First Sight (1988): not to be confused with her 2002 hit single. 9/10

The debut by Kylie Minogue is simply her best work of music. Back in 1988, I purchased her cassette single, "I should be so lucky". The euro pop beats from the acclaimed producers who wrote for Bananarama and Rick Astley were thee gods of late 1980's. Kylie's voice was clear and crisp. I had no clue she was a television star in Australia. An added bonus for trivia. Listening to this release as cd format brings back the craziness of my teen years: my first job, adventures staying out late without calling my mother etc... Brilliant!

This is a great music find for anyone who grew up in the 80's. Recommend to anyone from that time period.

the album is very good & worth buying it even includes the remake of a classic cover song loco motion

I adore her and music

Great

After a few times listening to Kylie's first CD, it may begin to seem like a radical departure from the usual pop music fare circa 1988. Exceedingly well-played and arranged island-inflected soft funk beats drive and/or massage over half of the songs. The other tracks boast a finely mastered assortment: a strong remake of "The Locomotion", an exquisitely fine jazz-inflected R & B song, another where R & B and island funk are melded in an uncannily expressive fashion, and so on.1. "I Should Be So Lucky"A good story-song. Kind of an innocent, bubbly send-up, it's very energetic, and at the same time quite sweet. The video is very fun to watch, with its girl-next-door flavor on display all the way through.4 stars[video on `Ultimate Kylie' DVD: 5 stars]2. "The Loco-Motion" Kylie really nails this - it's a fabulous remake of the great Little Eva classic from 1962!4½-5 stars.3. "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi"Here the backing tracks' mix is a total gem - full of surprising, expressive rhythmic touches - for this medium tempo, gentler type of song. After an initial learning curve, it seems to get better every time you hear how Kylie's exhortations fit in and around the rhythmic groove (likewise how the groove fits around and inside her singing). The rhythm and overall style seems to be broadly based in zouk (dance music from Guadalupe/Martinique, islands in the French Caribbean, by way of Paris).5++++ stars;[video on `Ultimate Kylie' DVD: 5+ stars]4. "It's No Secret"This song continues the exploration of island-inflected beats. With strong, broadly swinging syncopations, this one seems to hearken to reggae-soca (a blending of Jamaican reggae and Trinidadian dance music). And this one's unbelievably passionate. Great, great songwriting (form, rhythm, melody, backing tracks) and soulful playing/singing all the way through!5++++ stars5. "Got To Be Certain"Continues the exploration of island inflected beats - this one appears to be a severely funk-inflected soca, with an overall subtle zouk influence as well; feel the relaxed passion/emotion of K's singing! The melody's in a major key this time, with a kind of high-blown airy feel to it.5++++ stars.6. "Turn It Into Love"Continues the uncanny fusion of island beats and song forms. This unbelievably passionate song/arrangement is seemingly in a driving straight 8 (time signature); but the placement and accenting of notes of the rhythmic synth groove coupled with undulating, syncopated melodic/harmonic lines send this into a high heaven-on-earth feel. Great techno/synth sounds in the mix; great melodic revolutions, unbelievable vocal arrangement - bravo to all the singers - what a blend!5++++ stars7. "I Miss You"Here's still another unbelievably passionate song/arrangement, this one being jazzy-inflected R & B - the backing tracks are unbelievably good - smooth and soulful - everything fits like a glove, the backup singers especially. Their harmonies and tonal palette are intensely dreamy, and creamy.5++++ stars.8. "I'll Still Be Loving You"Beautiful reggae-inflected R & B, with well-placed funk seasoning; again, how they got these rhythms (etc.) to fuse so perfectly is a complete marvel. The melody, composition, back-up harmonies continue to thoroughly amaze!The finest imaginable at 5 stars ++++.9. "Look My Way": a glorious somewhat up-tempo R & B song. This sounds perfectly at home in the constellation of late-80's music, when it was created. The only caveat here is that Kylie's singing is a little more strident-sounding than it probably should be. The back-ground singers sound too much more relaxed and this produces kind of a clash. My vote would be to have had Kylie's delivery toned down, as the back-ups sound perfect. This was an error on the part of the producers, not the singers (including Kylie).4½ stars.10. "Love At First Sight"(Note that this is an entirely different song from the one of the same title from her 8th CD: `Fever')This begins with a very tasty (and funky) syncopated soca-driven horn intro. But what's kind of weird is how simplistic (and repetitious) the melodies are: mostly up 4 notes and back down (in both sections), with minimal ornamentation, etc. Maybe this is an attempt to recapitulate the melodic movement of track #1 (which is, however, somewhat more varied and interesting), over a more busily moving rhythm track. Kylie and the other singers clearly make the best of it, and if the listener will be a little bit forgiving, and let the blending of the beats, the singing and other sonic events carry the day, the song might just clock in at 5 stars, otherwise you might have to rate it a 4, or even a 3. Overall the song works quite well, considering.

I still love Kylie's first album. Although it got attention because of her remake of Little Eva's '60s hit, The Locomotion (people just LOVE those remakes, that "Oh My God, I remember that song!" reaction), the rest of the album is more exciting and fun. I have played It's No Secret, Turn It Into Love, Look My Way (which sounds like the Whispers' Rock Steady), I Miss You, I Should Be So Lucky and others. The one weak song of this album is Love At First Sight. It sounds too kid-like for her.As fun, catchy and addictive as it is, it is a Stock-Aitken-Waterman production. Those three produced entire albums for Rick Astley, Bananarama, Donna Summer, and some songs for others. The music has a tendency to be repetitive, and some songs here from '88 are similar to the ones they did for Astley and Summer. Their clash of keyboard heavy melody, shades of late '70s disco and '80 dance in their sound made for a unique formula. One must ask how nonstop it was for them to make 40, 50 or 60 different songs for these artists in that successful period. But you wouldn't know it from dancing to all of it. Kylie's first album was really the setup for more complex songs like her '90s albums and her most recent successful albums of Kylie and Body Language.

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懐かしい青春時代が甦りました選曲も良かったです

I LOVE this album for nostalgic reasons, so this may be biased... If you're a fan of the unmistakable 'Stock Aitken & Waterman' pop sound that you also hear in Rick Astley and Jason Donovan's old songs, then you're in for a treat. It's great for singing along to in the car or listening to when you're getting ready for a night out. Most of the songs are about Kylie being kept waiting about or being dumped by some horrible guy, but for some reason it's still a really happy sounding album!It has the usual songs that most people already know: "I Should Be So Lucky", "The Locomotion", "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" and "Got To Be Certain", which of course are all really good."Turn It Into Love" (recently covered by Same Difference) is one of my favourite vintage Kylie songs and I really like the music in "I'll Still Be Loving You". "Love at First Sight" is a cheery, catchy number and "It's No Secret" is a combo of a nice tune and heartbroken lyrics.I wouldn't skip past any of the songs, but the weakest are probably "I Miss You" and "Look My Way" because there isn't as much to them musically or lyrically as the other songs. That's just my opinion though.My only criticism of the album as a whole is that it doesn't last long enough for my liking; 10 songs and all of them are only 3-4 mins long. I still think it's worth the money though because it makes me smile!

This is favourite music for my autistic son

This review is not about this specific album (not a favourite), but the excellent quality of the remastering. The album I particularly wanted was Rhythm Of Love as I've always preferred the album versions of What Do I have To Do? & Shocked to any single/remix releases and on the original CD the sound is pretty dire. I've not had chance to read through the Japenese liner notes to see who is responsible, but the sound quality is amazing, Not your usual brick wall, tinny remaster but an incredibly warm, clear sound which for me brings those tracks and the rest of the albums which I did subsequently buy, to life. If can get them at a decent (less than £15 or so) price I wouldn't hesitate in purchasing.